Chen Chih-yuan

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Chen Chih-yuan
Runs batted in
400
Stolen base125
Runs440
Teams
  • Brother Elephants
    (2001–2009)
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Men’s Baseball
Baseball World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Taipei Team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Bangkok Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan Team
Asian Baseball Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Taipei Team
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Seoul Team
Gold medal – first place 2001 Taipei Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Sapporo Team

Chen Chih-yuan (

Taiwanese aborigine (tribe: Amis) former professional baseball player (position: outfielder
).

Career

A well-known slugger since college era in the

CPBL
in mid-2001 and had been a bright star of the team.

After the 2009 CPBL season Chen had been under investigation for game-fixing allegations. Although Chen denied any wrongdoings,[1] the Banqiao District Prosecutors' Office still indicted him for gambling and fraud on February 10, 2010.[2] Chen was immediately expelled as a result, ending his professional baseball career.

Since December 2010, Chen runs a

Chin-hui Tsao who was also expelled by CPBL due to game-fixing allegation.[3] In June 2011, the Banciao District Court sentenced Chen to 30 months imprisonment for game-fixing.[4] An appeal heard by the Taiwan High Court in 2014 reduced his prison sentence to four to six months, or a fine of NT$162,000.[5]

Chen married local starlet Lin Hsiu-Chin (林秀琴) in 2005 and they had a daughter.

Career statistics

  • Bold font indicates leading in CPBL
Season G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI SB BB SO AVG
2001 30 120 25 45 11 3 6 80 30 3 9 23 .375
2002 84 308 65 89 18 4 15 160 57 2 43 58 .289
2003 100 401 84 137 20 6 18 223 97 31 37 57 .342
2004 100 393 66 113 18 7 12 181 54 20 39 78 .288
2005 60 224 39 68 14 1 1 87 18 7 25 34 .304
2006 96 360 49 91 20 1 12 149 49 11 39 70 .253
2007 30 111 20 41 11 1 4 66 27 0 5 18 .369
2008 81 334 71 101 19 3 11 159 50 17 36 36 .302
2009 32 133 20 37 6 2 4 59 18 4 4 21 .278
Total 613 2675 440 722 137 28 83 1164 400 125 237 395 .303

Awards

  • 6-time CPBL All-star Game (2002–2006, 2008)
  • CPBL Rookie of the Year (2001)
  • CPBL RBI Champion Award (2003)
  • CPBL Hits Champion Award (2003)
  • 3-time CPBL Golden Glove Award (outfielder) (2002–2004)
  • 3-time CPBL Best Ten Player Award (outfielder) (2002–2004)

Salary

Year Team NT/month
2001
Brother Elephants
120,000
2002
Brother Elephants
125,000
2003
Brother Elephants
160,000
2004
Brother Elephants
220,000
2005
Brother Elephants
280,000
2006
Brother Elephants
270,000
2007
Brother Elephants
230,000
2008
Brother Elephants
210,000
2009
Brother Elephants
240,000
2010
Brother Elephants
200,000

See also

References

  1. ^ Shan, Shelley (12 January 2010). "Baseball star denies 'Wiper' meet". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ^ Huang, Shelley (11 February 2010). "Prosecutors indict 24 for match-fixing". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ "秀琴 球星老公花蓮賣燒烤". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  4. ^ "Former baseball players handed prison terms, fined". Taipei Times. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ^ Pan, Jason (14 August 2014). "Court finds star players guilty of fixing CPBL ties". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

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Awards
Preceded by
Feng Sheng-hsien (馮勝賢)
CPBL Rookie of the Year Award
2001
Succeeded by
Tsai Chung-nan (蔡仲南)
Preceded by
Tsai Feng-ang (蔡豐安)
CPBL RBI Champion Award
2003
Succeeded by
Chang Tai-shan (張泰山)
Preceded by
Huang Chung-yi (黃忠義)
CPBL Hit Champion Award
2003
Succeeded by
Peng Cheng-min (彭政閔)